Podcast: Trump Under Investigation for Obstruction of Justice

I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Daily on Thursday about the confirmation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating Donald Trump as part of the inquiry into connections between Trump’s associates and Russian officials.

The discussion explains the specific incident being considered by Mueller — a second episode of Trump asking high-level officials to limit an inquiry into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn — and the status of the wider Trump-Russia investigation.

Until now, Trump had been able to say, “I’m not being investigated over this” — in fact, that is what he kept trying to get his officials to say publicly. Well, now he can’t say that. For the first time, it’s not just Trump’s past advisors, it’s not just his current advisors, it’s the President himself who is under investigation.

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the University of Birmingham and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.